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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB, MLBPA agree to deal on stoppage — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association struck a deal on critical salary and service-time issues Thursday night, allowing the sides to prepare together for a season delayed indefinitely by the coronavirus pandemic, sources told ESPN.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
What the MLB deal with players means for 2020 season and beyond — Following round-the-clock negotiations since the coronavirus outbreak postponed the beginning of the season, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association struck a deal Friday that outlined how the sport would proceed in the coming months.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Agent Scott Boras believes MLB's new agreement will greatly damage future draft classes — Major League Baseball and its players agreed to make the best out of the COVID-19 pandemic, compromising to play the most games possible — even playing into November — providing the deadly virus subsides to enable a baseball season.
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ESPN:
MLB, MLBPA agree on stipulations for return of 2020 season — Major League Baseball owners have approved a plan to address salary and service-time issues amid the indefinite delay to the start of the regular season, according to ESPN and multiple reports. — The owners completed …
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True Blue LA, Associated Press and Halos Heaven
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Sources: MLB draft likely to be in July, may be shortened — The Major League Baseball draft is increasingly likely to happen in July, though it could be shortened and include bonus deferrals, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. — Fear of handing out significant signing bonuses …
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Baseball America, Detroit Free Press, Sports Illustrated, Talking Chop and MLB Baseball News …
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB, MLBPA Reach Agreement On Service Time, Salaries, Draft
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AZ Snake Pit and NBCSports.com
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB, MLBPA Agree On Framework Of 2020 Draft
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David Waldstein / New York Times:
Coronavirus Protective Masks to Be Made From M.L.B. Uniform Material — The deal will send masks to health professionals in the Northeast with the distinctive pinstripes of the Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. — Had the baseball season not been postponed because of the coronavirus …
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Associated Press:
Fanatics to make medical gear instead of baseball uniforms — PHILADELPHIA — The Bryce Harper jersey that could have been worn this baseball season by the biggest Philadelphia Phillies fan is now a protective mask in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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AZ Snake Pit, Yahoo! Sports and MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Ex-Astros slugger Jimmy Wynn, nicknamed ‘Toy Cannon,’ dies at 78 — Jimmy Wynn, the diminutive Houston Astros slugger whose monster shots in the 1960s and '70s earned him the popular nickname “The Toy Cannon,” has died. He was 78. — The Astros said Wynn, a three-time All-Star outfielder …
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Daniel Kaplan / The Athletic:
New York Mets sale efforts still ongoing despite the pandemic — Major League Baseball's season is suspended, but one pre-pandemic baseball event is still at least formally ongoing: the sale of the New York Mets. — On Feb. 10, the Mets announced Steve Cohen's $2.6 billion agreement to buy …
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MLB Trade Rumors, New York Mets on Yahoo! … and Sports Illustrated
The Athletic:
Priorities, not perfection: Baseball's deal addresses service time, cash flow — Economic disputes in a $10.7 billion industry seem rather inconsequential in this time of pain and suffering, but MLB players and owners still had to figure out how they would proceed with the disrupted 2020 season.
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Brew Crew Ball, Fish Stripes and baseballmusings.com
John Hutchinson / The Sun:
NO BALL GAMES MLB London Series latest sporting event axed due to coronavirus after London Stadium talks with organisers — The decision was taken this morning by organisers of the London Stadium event as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. — UK baseball fans were looking forward …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times
Strat-O-Matic:
2020 Season Simulation — Welcome to the Strat-O-Matic 2020 Season Simulation. — Come back every day at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT to see updated results from our simulation. — Defending Champion Nationals Among Opening Day Winners In Strat-O-Matic 2020 Season Simulation
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Pinstripe Alley, Viva El Birdos, MLB Trade Rumors, Detroit Free Press and New York Post
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
5 best Opening Day moments in Yankees history — TAMPA — I was worried about Opening Day way back in January. No, I didn't have any foresight on the coronavirus pandemic that has terrorized the nation and shut down all of sports, including the start of baseball.
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Pinstripe Alley and New Jersey Online
